Deadly Russian Strike Hits Kharkiv Region As Zelenskyy Heads For Paris In Search Of Weapons
By RFE/RL Russia continued its deadly air strikes on Ukrainian cities, killing at least three people in the Kharkiv region overnight, local officials said, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for the next stop on his tour of European capitals to shore up support. A Ukrainian military official early on November 17 said three people were
Why magistrates are protesting
Judicial Officers Association of South Africa complains of “economic abuse” By David Capel Magistrates across South Africa are on the verge of mutiny. In protests organised and led by the Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (JOASA), magistrates have recently taken to the streets to complain about remuneration and working conditions. Their discontent is likely to affect witnesses, accused
US Marines return fire after attack on embassy in Haiti amid escalating gang clashes
By Juhakenson Blaise By Juhakenson Blaise PORT-AU-PRINCE — Marines assigned to protect the US Embassy in Haiti exchanged gunfire with suspected members of the Viv Ansanm gang coalition this week in Tabarre, according to US military officials. No Marines were injured, but the attack underscored how even diplomatic missions are increasingly exposed as armed groups
Fragile states at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30): We are being ‘locked out’ of climate finance
PRESS RELEASE BELÉM, Brazil, November 15, 2025/ — COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago has said this year’s conference must put “people at the centre” of climate action. But a network of fragile states says more than one billion of the world’s most at-risk people are still being left out of the conversation. In a
